From the Chronicle

Tom Perry said he wasn’t expecting much when he went to Memorial Chapel for Prize Day ceremonies Saturday, May 2. He planned to offer support to friends who would be taking home prizes and scholarships.

It was he who garnered one of the day’s top distinctions, the Josephine Daggett Prize for exemplary conduct and character.

A physics major and astrophysics minor from Schenectady, Perry has been active as president of the Environmental Club and of the Society of Physics Students, with which he has performed science demonstrations in local schools. He also volunteers as a coach with the Science Bowl through the Kenney Community Center.

“It’s a great feeling,” he said of winning the Daggett, “but there are other people in the Union community who deserve this, too.”